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The Wienerwald (English: "Vienna Woods") is a wooded promontory of the Alps in eastern Lower Austria, located at the border between the Mostviertel and the Industrieviertel, two of the four quarters of Lower Austria. Its foothills reach far into the city limits of Vienna.
The mountain ranges of the Wienerwald are the transition of the Eastern Alps to the Carpathians, separated by the Danube and some tectonic lines near of Vienna. Its north is part of the Alps' sandstone zone, while its south is part of the Northern Limestone Alps. In the east, its border is the thermal line, which forms a geological break line to the Viennese Basin. The forest in the north consists largely of beeches, oaks and hornbeams, whereas in the south conifers, mostly pines and firs add to the botanical mix. In the latter region the natural park Föhrenberge (pine mountains) is located.
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